I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.

To me marriage is partly a religious thing and I'm not religious.

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom innocence and power that appeal to others - partly because America itself was put together out of a multiplicity of national traditions.

The Ego is partly free. partly determined and reaches fuller freedom by approaching the Individual who is most free: God.

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic partly due to the irregularity of the air and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.

Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.